Hermitage Museum
museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hermitage Museum (Эрмитаж) in St. Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest and oldest art galleries and museums of human history and culture in the world. The vast Hermitage collections are displayed in six buildings, founded by Catherine II of Russia in 1764 and opened in public since 1852. The main building is the Winter Palace. This was the official residence of the Russian Tsars.
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Established | 1764; 260 years ago (1764) |
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Location | 34 Palace Embankment, Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug, Central District, Saint Petersburg, Russia[1] |
Collection size | 3 million[2] |
Visitors | 1,649,443 visitors (2021)[3] |
Director | Mikhail Piotrovsky |
Public transit access | Admiralteyskaya station |
Website | hermitagemuseum |
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